Drorit Pobuta

Drorit Pobuta is the owner of Agoura Power of Yoga. Drorit’s style of yoga is a blend of Power Yoga, Vinyasa, Iyengar and the Hatha Yoga Therapy, her origin.

Although practicing and teaching for many years, Drorit’s love of sharing yoga has only increased. Her goal with her students is to combine the elements of physicality, detailed instruction, available spirituality, sweat, the perfect music mixes and, most of all, a undeniable heart opening experience.

Although her classes can be challenging, modifications and rest are highly promoted.

Dhana J Stevens

Dhana teaches thoughtful vinyasa flow that builds through music and is followed by restorative poses to cultivate mindfulness and self-compassion on the yoga mat and in daily life. Along with her sense of humor, she offers individualized modifications and hands-on adjustments to create a balanced and energized practice in every class.

As a professional dancer and choreographer, with a degree in Psychology, Dhana has long been in tune with the power of the mind/body connection. After retiring to raise her family, a sudden life-altering event, inspired a return to teaching and a passion for the healing redemptive power of yoga.

Mentored by Lainie Devina and Jennifer Elliott, Dhana received her 500 hour RYT certification from YogaWorks. She credits her very first yoga teacher, Drorit Pobuta for inspiring her to follow this path and Dhana is honored to be a returning home to teach at Agoura Power of Yoga.

"I want to share what has made my life profoundly better. I love to create a safe space where my students can open their hearts, embrace themselves, let go and live in the moment."

Kari Ostrovsky

I started my yoga journey January of 2013 in Cleveland Ohio, after a bad breakup. At the time, I was a single mom to my beautiful daughter Teagan, managing a Starbucks downtown and decided it was time to do something for myself. A year later I found myself in stunning southern California and married. What better time to pursue my passion? I became a certified 200 RYT and pregnant with my son right around the time I graduated. July 3rd, Lincoln graced the world with his presence. Now a wife and mother of two, I still carve out the time to make it to my mat and will hopefully motivate you to do the same.

I have a history and training in gymnastics, classical ballet and even cheerleading. I love to teach flow style yoga to fun upbeat music. I tell my students their breath is their tempo. My goal is for you to leave class sweaty, relaxed and enthusiastic for more. I like to keep class challenging with a laid back vibe, always giving options for modifications or progression.

Natalie Backman

With sixteen years of practicing yoga and five teaching, yoga is more than a profession for Natalie, it is her passion, purpose and spiritual path. A 500-hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, Natalie’s teaching is a modern take on an ancient tradition ~ Tantric Hatha, presented through the modality of Vinyasa Krama (a wise progression of postures incorporating conscious breath, mantra, meditation and empowered resolve). Practicing with Natalie will help to strengthen and purify the body, calm and stabilize the mind, generate and manage prana and inspire remembrance of your sacred Self. A life-long student, Natalie continues to study with her teachers, Tracee Stanley and Rod Stryker. Natalie takes students on local and international yoga and meditation retreats as well as contributing to the Sankalpa Shakti Yoga Teacher Training. She is also the founder of Imagine Fest, a yoga & music festival which supports Unlikely Heroes in their mission to rescue and restore child victims of sex trafficking.

Holly Umann

Holly Umann teaches a style of Hatha Yoga Vinyasa with a blessing of energized peace, and personal rejuvenation to bring the balance of your mind, body, and spirit into a position of attainment.

Through the honor of expert guidance of Paul Grilley and Scott Blossom, she has attained the understanding of the Anatomy of Yoga East-West Physiology. In an effort to always acquire a more in depth balance, and learning, Holly has mastered the Advanced Studies and Freedom Style Yoga with the instruction of Erich Schiffmann (world renown teacher, and author), and has studied The History of Yoga with Paul Muller-Ortega. Her love for Yoga and the personal path it opens to others gave her the calling to become an instructor. She continued in her pursuit of learning, in an effort to bring the transformation of Yoga to others, by training in Iyengar Yoga with Lisa Walford (Studies of Iyengar Yoga in India). Holly continued to further her instruction studies with Heather Tiddens at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in the Yoga Teacher Training Program Practicum.

Holly comes to you with an open heart, mind, and an amazing energy. Namaste!

Zach Wagner

Zach’s classes are geared for any student desiring a deep level of physical and mental well-being, while promoting strength, flexibility and relaxation. He creates a safe and inviting environment where the beginning student will feel free to discover their ability, and the advanced yoga practitioner or serious athlete can realize their full potential.

A serious skateboarder since the age of eleven, Zach began his yoga practice in order to improve his physical balance and mental focus. He soon found that yoga had not only transformed his body, but his mind and spirit as well. He began his teacher training at the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute, living and studying at the ashram. Later, he studied under Swami Asokanda at the Quinta De Calma Yoga Center near Faro, Portugal, expanding his knowledge of yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology.

Zach teaches a variety of Hatha levels and vinyasa flow, providing students with personal attention and encouragement. He can modify each asana to fit individual needs and skill levels, and also provides instruction in pranayama (breathing practices), deep relaxation and meditation. In each session, Zach attempts to promote the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of his students, allowing each of them to come in touch with deeper and more subtle aspects of their being.

Janean Cook

Janean first found yoga in her early 20’s. Yoga was always that safe place she could go to let go, to grow, and to learn. After years of her own practice she first became certified in San Diego teaching Power Flow Yoga, and received her second certificate focusing on alignment, strength and breath. Add in her love for music and you’re bound to feel a soulful flow of yoga.

"Yoga has taught me strength, flexibility, and truth. It is my goal teach others how to find their own inner strength, the ability to be flexible and to speak their own truth through yoga. Finding the connection with breath to movement and breath in stillness is where the magic happens. "

Gary Shiaman

Gary's journey with yoga started in his early 20s, initially as a means to cope with anxiety and depression. He noticed its therapeutic benefits immediately and fell in love with the movement and freedom of expression it inspired. It quickly became an essential part of his life.

Gary teaches a blend of calming and energizing vinyasa styles appropriate for all levels encouraging students to go at their own pace and find the flow of their yoga for themselves. His experience as a music therapist and composer influences his teaching style, as he is passionate about carefully curating music to match the energy and flow of each class.

Agoura Power of Yoga has become a second home for Gary, as he has been practicing here since 2011. He's enjoyed many of the classes offered, from the gentle and restoring Yin styles to the vigorous and energizing Ashtanga series. He is grateful to now be teaching here, giving him the opportunity to share all the healing benefits he's received from yoga with all who step into the door and onto their mats.

Matt Fuscaldo

The best way for me to describe how I feel when I practice yoga and meditation is to compare myself to a snow globe. My body may start out feeling vulnerable while moving, shaking, and bending in all different directions, but then my mind settles everything down into a clear, calm, and fully connected state of being. While I have spent 15 years privately coaching people on how to recover from injuries using the most progressive techniques in nutrition & movement, it was not until I practiced yoga and meditation that my body truly felt free. At 41 yrs old I finally learned how to relax, exercise became more playful again, and I am now able to naturally tap into my pleasure frequency. It is really all about the breath. When you learn how to control your breathing, your relationship to your body and the world will change. You will start to listen to the RYTHM of your body. Now instead of beating it into submission to get in shape, you will know just how much it needs, and how hard and fast it wants to move. When you hear the now cliche term connect your Mind&Body, your breath is the one component that truly achieves that connection. I am honored to have the opportunity to teach something that has allowed me to embrace my vulnerability, reconnect to my creative side, and undoubtably changed the course of my life forever.

Erin Shachory

Erin first discovered yoga at Forrest Yoga Circle in the late 1990s and was instantly hooked on the powerful experience of releasing energy and emotion in the yoga studio. After many years of practicing, she was certified by the Awakened Heart, Embodied Mind (AHEM) yoga teacher training at Santa Monica Yoga with Julian Walker and Hala Khouri. Trauma-informed and permission-based, AHEM draws upon modern yoga flow, somatic psychology, meditation, neuroscience and free-form movement to create an empowered, intuitive, in-body practice.

As the AHEM training manual states: "trauma-informed yoga is people-informed yoga." It's about meeting yourself where you are, and working with what *is* rather than struggling to attain an ideal pose or an Instagram-worthy yoga photo. It is about teaching students to build a solid foundation of safety and resilience from within, consciously choosing to "begin again" with each breath.

In her classes, Erin uses music and the shared energy of the studio community to create a safe space for students to explore deep stretches, longer holds and an intentional flow, blending hatha and vinyasa styles that are appropriate for all levels.

Holli Rabishaw

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With fifteen years of teaching experience, Holli specializes in making everyone in group class feel as though they were being taught individually. Holli is C-IAYT® (certified through the International Association of Yoga Therapy) with extensive training in yoga, anatomy and biomechanics. Along with vinyasa, she offers posture training, strength and mobility, and techniques for eradicating pain using Roll Model® method therapeutic self massage balls and Yoga Tune Up® corrective exercise. Often humorous, deeply spiritual and always purposeful, Holli combines sweaty and fun with inspiration and renewal. Her ability to create unique classes makes yoga a practice for everybody.

Julie Kundert

After a 12 year relationship with yoga, Julie has continued to teach for the past 7 years. She completed her 500 hour teacher training through Yoga works and has trained through master teaches Shiva Rae and Sianna Sherman. She believes the foundation of our own practice, on and off the mat starts with the mind. "Most of us don't know we even have the strength and flexibility to choose our own thoughts ", says Julie. Yoga gives us the opportunity to recognize ourselves as we truly are not as we often think we are. She loves to blend the yoga philosophies into the mix of postures and even directions in her classes. Self Realization is our destiny and how we choose to get there is a personal and beautiful journey. Julie is also the author of the book "Positively Traumatized" where she shares her own story how yoga saved her life.